Goldville District

Past Producer in Tallapoosa county in Alabama, United States with commodity Gold
Sections on this page
  1. Identification information
  2. Geographic coordinates
  3. Site location context
  4. Geographic areas
  5. Commodities
  6. Nearby scientific data
  7. Economic information about the deposit and operations
  8. Mining district
  9. Bibliographic references

Geologic information

Identification information

Deposit ID 60001792
MRDS ID W029011
Record type District
Current site name Goldville District

Geographic coordinates

Geographic coordinates: -85.74996, 33.08346 (WGS84)
Relative position COVERS SEVERAL QUADS.

Site location context

Political divisions (FIPS codes)

Tallapoosa(county)

Alabama(state)

United States(country)

North America(continent)

Land(continent)

USGS map quadrangles

Daviston(quadrangle 1:24,000 scale)

La Grange(quadrangle 1:100,000 scale)

Atlanta(quadrangle 1:250,000 scale)

Hydrologic units (watersheds)

Middle Tallapoosa(hydrologic unit)

Coosa-Tallapoosa(hydrologic accounting unit)

Alabama(hydrologic subregion)

South Atlantic-Gulf(hydrologic region)

Geographic areas

Country State County
United States Alabama Tallapoosa

Commodities

Commodity Importance
Gold Primary

Nearby scientific data

(1) -85.74996, 33.08346

Economic information

Economic information about the deposit and operations

Development status Past Producer
Commodity type Metallic
Discovery year 1842

Mining district

District name GOLDVILLE DISTRICT

Reference information

Bibliographic references

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G.I., 1930, GOLD DEPOSITS OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY BULL. 40, 91 P.

  • Deposit

    ADAMS, G.I., BUTTS, CHARLES, STEPHENSON, L.W., AND COOK, C.W., 1926, GEOLOGY OF ALABAMA: ALABAMA GEOLOGICAL SURVEY, SPECIAL REPORT 14, 312 P.

Beyond USGS

Supplemental information added by qvyshift.com. Not part of the original USGS MRDS record.